Also, I'll be reading along with Crash Course: Literature this winter, which will include:
The Odyssey by Homer
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Hamlet by Bill Shakespeare
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Beloved by Toni Morrison

I didn't now Crash Course Literature was starting back up! That makes me want to follow along as well, but I have too many other reading lists already lol._________________
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Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:15 am

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I just started "The Tudor Plot" by Steve Berry.

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 12:53 pm

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Darth SkuldrenModerator

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Finished reading Kevin J. Anderson's Kindle serial The Dragon Business. Fun story. Takes place in medieval times and follows a group of scam artists who go around pretending to slay dragons. It also pokes fun at storytelling and includes modern references._________________
"I believe toys resonate with us as humans, we can hold them them, it's tactile, real! They are totems for our extended beliefs and imaginations. A fetish for ideas that hold as much interest and passion as old religious relics for some. We display them in our homes. They show who we are. They are signals for similar thinking people. A way we connect with each other...and I guess thats why I do toys. That connection." -Ashley Wood

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:38 pm

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Reepicheep wrote:

Taral-DLOS wrote:

Also, I'll be reading along with Crash Course: Literature this winter, which will include:
The Odyssey by Homer
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Hamlet by Bill Shakespeare
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Beloved by Toni Morrison

I didn't now Crash Course Literature was starting back up! That makes me want to follow along as well, but I have too many other reading lists already lol.

Yea, I'm not sure exactly when it's starting (when Crash Course US History is done). I give them money on Subbable, and so they emailed me that syllabus for the next few months of videos._________________"I'm...from Earth."

Finished reading Kevin J. Anderson's Kindle serial The Dragon Business. Fun story. Takes place in medieval times and follows a group of scam artists who go around pretending to slay dragons. It also pokes fun at storytelling and includes modern references.

Isn't that basically Dragonheart?_________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:12 am

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Darth SkuldrenModerator

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Similar, but no talking dragons in this one, and the dragons aren't going along with the scheme._________________
"I believe toys resonate with us as humans, we can hold them them, it's tactile, real! They are totems for our extended beliefs and imaginations. A fetish for ideas that hold as much interest and passion as old religious relics for some. We display them in our homes. They show who we are. They are signals for similar thinking people. A way we connect with each other...and I guess thats why I do toys. That connection." -Ashley Wood

So no Sean Connery? I can see I won't be liking that book._________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Is that not how people normally read books?_________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 8:40 am

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Taral-DLOSMaster

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Life Is The Path wrote:

Is that not how people normally read books?

This is a debate my wife and I have. When I read, I picture all the people and I hear all the voices. The most interesting characters get unique voices, often based on the actor who played some variation of them in a show or movie, or me just saying "this guy will sound like the G-Man from Half-Life."

My wife does not do this at all. But she also reads significantly faster than I do. I suspect the act of hearing the voices forces you to slow down a bit._________________"I'm...from Earth."

This is a debate my wife and I have. When I read, I picture all the people and I hear all the voices. The most interesting characters get unique voices, often based on the actor who played some variation of them in a show or movie, or me just saying "this guy will sound like the G-Man from Half-Life."

My wife does not do this at all. But she also reads significantly faster than I do. I suspect the act of hearing the voices forces you to slow down a bit.

Yeah, when I read, I have to make up a cast for the characters. It just seems awkward without doing that..._________________Darth Vegas the unwise...

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GrandMasterMaster

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Taral-DLOS wrote:

Life Is The Path wrote:

Is that not how people normally read books?

This is a debate my wife and I have. When I read, I picture all the people and I hear all the voices. The most interesting characters get unique voices, often based on the actor who played some variation of them in a show or movie, or me just saying "this guy will sound like the G-Man from Half-Life."

My wife does not do this at all. But she also reads significantly faster than I do. I suspect the act of hearing the voices forces you to slow down a bit.

I definitely read slower when I try to give the characters voices. The only times I ever do it is when actors have actually played the characters, like Star Wars books, but I usually give up after a couple pages because of how much it slows me down._________________"But it was so artistically done."

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What kills me is when I give a character a voice and I cannot recall who's voice it is that I gave them. I remember the voice perfectly, and it fits the character perfectly, but I'll finish the book and still not have a clue who that was._________________
"I believe toys resonate with us as humans, we can hold them them, it's tactile, real! They are totems for our extended beliefs and imaginations. A fetish for ideas that hold as much interest and passion as old religious relics for some. We display them in our homes. They show who we are. They are signals for similar thinking people. A way we connect with each other...and I guess thats why I do toys. That connection." -Ashley Wood

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:35 pm

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Taral-DLOSMaster

Joined: 23 Nov 2010Posts: 1943Location: Ontario, Canada

Darth Skuldren wrote:

What kills me is when I give a character a voice and I cannot recall who's voice it is that I gave them. I remember the voice perfectly, and it fits the character perfectly, but I'll finish the book and still not have a clue who that was.

It's Jason Momoa. Trust me. It's always Jason Momoa.

He's the voice of so many characters I read. Including, for example, Darth Bane and Drax the Destroyer._________________"I'm...from Earth."